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University Cancels Classes After Bomb Threat

Aurora University cancelled classes and sent employees home today after receiving several generic e-mail bomb threats. The school posted the evacuation on its website this morning, saying residential students were being relocated to an Aurora elementary school.


The campus was re-opened around 2 p.m.


Police continue to investigate the threats.


The city of Aurora is roughly 40 miles west of downtown Chicago.



Story by NewsChannel20.
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